St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-12
ALAS F.! THE kRGONAUTS.
Incidents Of the Minneapolis Quest Of
the Republican Golden
Fleece.
Nerve of the Adventures in TaGkling a
CoI0red Joint for Four
Votes.
The Trip a Hilarious One and the
Arg0nauts Hcmeward
Bound.

detacnmentS. using those trains WHICH
reach the city at unusual hours. so as to
avoid the demonstration which they
feared might have been prepared for
them. The advance guard got III early
Yesterday morning, and tide main body
will report to-day. though quite a num-
Der have gone to aSSuage their grief in
the fountain of life as seen in New
York city 1t has already been an
nounced that as far as securing the con-
VentiOn Is concerned. the mission was
failure; but it must not be imagined the
trip was wholly without good results.
In merely bidding for the convention
Minneapolis gave herself a great ma
tiOnal advertisement. and the deiega-
ton did not permit the city'S reputation
to suffer. So. after all. there is nothing
to regret. and a Grassland welcome
might not have been badly out of place
as was imagined. The ArgOnautS felt
that they had done their full duty and
had had a royal good time, so they re-
turn home happy.
TIE TRIP
was an exceedingly enjoyable one from
beginning TO end. The special NiScOn-
sin Central train. which left MinneapO-
lis Sunday evening, was a splendid one
of three new sleeping cars and diner,
ton that a finer train never carried a
more enthusiastic body OF young men.
Loren Fletcher and Tim Byrnes were
in command. and took possession of the
forward car. The Dakota contingent.
with the outside state delegates, were
in the same car. while the state officers
and a few other retiring delegates &c
cupied the rear coach. By common
consent the middle coach was styled the
''ungOdly car and contained the
younger men. including the members of
the press. Here Freeman Lane. J. c.
NOIrell. Jim Nash. Steve LOveiOy. {.
II. Benton. c. c. Dunn and others held
forth. In this car Charlie Hunt was the
Ganymede who presided over the choice
collection Of medicine, which COM
pletely filled the smoking compartment.
The start was little stiff, but good
feeling grew. and by the time the cars
had crossed to Wisconsin the ungOdly
were singing Almost Persuaded at
the top Of their voices. shall We
Gather at the River" Nearer, My
God, to Thee" and Asleep in Jesus,
followed and finally Marching
Through Georgia was taken up.
Sacred had given way to secular and
war songs had grew into popularity.
At last Simon the Cellarer'' was
gO-as-yOu-please. Midnight had come
and then a few quiet games OF whist
and seYen-up were begun. to while
away the time. The hours flew on and
the crowd thinned out until finally the
ear settled down TO a quiet that
was unOrOken until morning. The stay
at Chicago may be quickly summed up
in a stroll about town. dinner at the
Grand Pacific and the start for Wash
ingtOn in a special Baltimore Il Ohio
train. During the stay, broad banners
had been procured, bearing the legend.
Minneapolis. 1888 and were fastened
to the sides of the coaches. 1t was dis
covered. however. that the Chicago
painter had added his name, Ed
munds, to the banner, and the cOmbi-
nation was so suggestive that the name
was cut out.
AT WASHINGTON.
The run Eastward was without event.
When the train pulled in at Washington
on Tuesday evening, Col. c. W. John
son met the delegation. which was
driven TO the Arlington. Though head
quarters were established there and
few OF the ArgOnautS located at this no.
tel. its high rates did not fayOrably i'm
press the Northwestern delegation.
which scattered among the many not
LOO SbOU llOStCIllCS VI lllC lily. liz
Omaha delegation was already estab-
lished at the hotel. and Minneapolis.
with great flourish OF trumpets. took
two parlOrs adjoining. A meeting was at
once held and the work Of buttOnhOling
members of the national committee was
assigned among the Arg0nautS. This
settled the merry adventures hustled
out and saw" the town. The absence
of several prominent MinneapOlitans
who were expected. and the want Of an
abundance OF Doodle, soon made them
selves felt, and the ArgOnautS worked at
great disadvantage. though they Ger
tainly deserved credit. The fight was
among Chicago, Cincinnati and Mime
apO!is. and was carried by the former
simply hy the power of the money.
There were on the national committee
several men who were Ion the
make:' they were for sale and Chicago
bid this price and got the convention.
Though Freeman Lane got a proxy
from Montana. and through the pro-
found argument of Senator Window.
and the eloquent pIatitudes Of Col.
Plummer were not without influence.
the committee was brought out By the
windy city. Minneapolis stood third
all the time. and could two votes have
been lured from Chicago a dead lock
might have got there.
AN INCIDENT
of the expedition was the desperate
effort to secure the cOlored members of
the committee, Carson. of the District
Of Columbia: Lynch, of Mississippi;
Quincy. of Texas. and Johnson. of South
Carolina. Carson, who achieved great
nOtOriety as the man who beat Bob
IngersOl as delegate III 1884. Is a
stalwart African. with magnificent
physique and a white head crowned
with a Buffalo Bill hat. He keeps
cheap saloon and dive on Pennsylvania
avenue, purchased after he returned
from the Chicago convention. prior to
which time he had been driver of tn :
Black Maria. The ArgOnautS made a
descent on CarsOn's place. by appoint
ment, on Wednesday night, with the
feeling that ii he could be captured the
other coon committeeman would follow
suit. At 10 o'clock dropped in there.
and the scene, with the ATgOnauts in
full possession, was stirring one. Two
rooms, over the saloon, were thrown
into one by folding doors, and there the
gang had assembled. Gov. Millettc was
at a braSsy piano. and with more force
than skill was pounding out the
chords of an accompaniment To John
Browns body lies a m0ldering in the
grave. \ group Of half Argonauts and
half resilient darkies surrounded the
instrument and carried the song. Winn
Brackets powerful baritone and the
POndeTous bass OF E. y. sumner rang
Ont above the rest, like the roar Of the
thunder i'm the bowling Of a storm. The
other guests were ranged about the
wall. while several white aprOncd
Garllies industriously rushed the
grOwler. Col. Charley johnson
was master, of ceremonies, while
Col. Plummer and Freeman Lane
wed with each other in blarneying
Perry Carson. the hero of the hour. 1t
was a thrilling scene. How much credit
is due the ArgOnauts for the nerve with